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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 9. Privacy Briefs: September 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - DuPage Medical Group in Chicago said that the personal information of more than 600,000 patients may have been compromised in a July cyberattack. The medical group,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

‘Do the Best’ But Mind the Myriad Laws: Grappling With COVID Vaccination Issues

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 6 (June 2021) - ...So begins the provocative lawsuit filed against Methodist Hospital System in Houston by 117 employees who do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Despite the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 2. News Briefs: January 2021 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 2 (January 18, 2021) - Recovery audit contractors (RACs) may soon be auditing positron emission tomography (PET) for initial treatment strategy in oncologic conditions for compliance...more

K&L Gates LLP

Information Blocking Considerations for Providers Under the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule

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In this week’s episode, Gina Bertolini discusses two important aspects of the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule that directly relate to health care providers, and how those aspects of the Final Rule will...more

Hutchison PLLC

From NC State to Changing the State of Health Information Networks, with Medicom Technologies’ Malcolm Benitz

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Malcolm Benitz and his two co-founders Michael Rosenberg and Chase Ballard, while in the Entrepreneurship program at NC State, found a problem in medical information, and they were determined to fix it. With $5M in Series A...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

What Healthcare Providers Need to Know About the CMS Interoperability Rule

On March 9, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its Interoperability and Patient Access Rule (Interoperability Rule), which aims to enhance patients’ control over their healthcare information. As...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

CMS and ONC Release New Interoperability Rules

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have finalized two highly anticipated rules that are intended to give patients “unprecedented...more

Troutman Pepper

Exploring Digitization of Health and Medical Data and Records Part Two

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The Digital Planning Podcast is designed to educate individuals about all things digital in connection with estate planning, business planning and estate administration. Your hosts, Jennifer Zegel, Ross Bruch and Justin...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CMS Releases Proposed Rule to Advance Interoperability and the Exchange of Medical Record and Plan Information

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CMS issued a long-awaited proposed rule aimed at enhancing interoperability and increasing patient access to health information. If finalized, CMS’s proposed rule may require hospitals and payors to make significant...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - February 2015

Cyber Risk Insurance Policies: What You Need to Know - Editor’s Note: As data breach incidents and related cyber risks continue to increase and gain publicity—and government agencies become more actively involved in...more

Dickinson Wright

HIPAA Violation Results in $4.8 Million Settlement: An IT Perspective

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In today’s healthcare industry, information technology (“IT”) systems play an ever-expanding role in the success of a medical practice. Medical practitioners consistently juggle e-billing and electronic medical records...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Lessons From A Cautionary Tale of Electronic Discovery Pitfalls in Health Care Litigation

E-discovery is especially challenging in healthcare related litigation due to the healthcare industry’s reliance on electronically stored information (ESI), the volume of medical records often at issue in health care...more

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